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Now let's look at P.l. Altraine's Heartbound.....

GENRE: YA Fantasy

BLURB:

Petyr has
never found it necessary to consider the humans as anything more than distant,
inferior beings–until now. They are the cause of the fatal disease that has plagued
his realm, taking the lives of too many of his kind. As a future leader of a
realm in peril, Petyr must find a way to resist and cure the affliction. He
must enter the unfamiliar realm, appear to be an ordinary eighteen-year-old
human, observe and learn.

However, things don’t exactly go
according to plan. Instead of embarking single-mindedly on his sober mission,
Petyr meets an 18-year-old girl who does things to his emotions that he can’t
quite fathom or control. Petyr is falling in love, and he almost forgets the
gravity his choices have on his entire world. Despite the risk it poses to his
life and hers, he wants to know her, and he wants her to know him–and his
world.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

EXCERPT

I
defied my fate the moment I leapt out of my apartment’s third-story window. I
landed on the pavement without a sound. In the same instant, my feet blended
into the measured pace in which humans carried themselves.

Gazing
up at the sky, I tried to find something to remind me of my home, of my duty.
The future leader of a realm in peril cannot be overcome by irrational desires,
I thought.

Thick
smoke obscured the heavens so much even the brightest stars were dull and
barely visible. A reminder I was trapped in this city, in this realm. Too far
away from everything I knew, too restrained, too human.

Through
the chaos in my mind, I captured the image of the girl with brown and
dark-auburn tones in her hair, the shine that bounced from her loose curls, the
depth in her hazel eyes, and even the awkward half-smile when she caught me
looking at her. But the memory wasn’t enough. I needed to see her again.

I
kept walking until I reached the riverbank in the heart of London. The water
rippled with a disheveled mesh of gold and red, reflecting a large
architectural structure. My gaze lingered on the clock tower adjacent to the
building, gauging its height. A temptation to feel even a fraction of my true
nature became a need in every fiber in my body. No longer able to rationalize,
my muscles coiled, and I let go. Wind enveloped me with its familiar warmth as
I sprang across the River Thames. I aimed to land on the lower portion of the
tower, to indulge in the pleasure of my ascent. Though too fast for human eyes,
each maneuver, each somersault, each back flip was slow enough for me to savor
every moment of my liberation.

On
a part of the roof concealed from the passersby below, I was closer to the
heavens than I’d been since arriving in the city. Still, I didn’t belong here.
Hundreds of lights sparkled below me, each representing a life I didn’t
comprehend. Allowing myself to break free from my human façade had made me a
liability to the others. For a few moments of freedom, I let myself forget the
importance of my purpose here—the lives that depended on it.

Somehow,
having the girl’s image in my mind brought calmness within me. One that felt
permanent. One that extinguished the sense of entrapment, despite the thick
layer of smoke that was still very visible to me. I held on to the calmness as
I regained the confidence to face the others.

P.I. Alltraine is an award
winning poet and author. She has won several international poetry competitions,
and her poems have been published in separate anthologies.

She teaches English Language
and Literature in London. She earned her degree in BA English from Queen Mary
University of London, a Post Graduate Certificate in Education and Master’s in
Teaching at the UCL Institute of Education, University of London.

Before moving to London, she lived in the Philippines where she was ensconced in the rich culture
encrusted with dark myths and enchanted tales. She draws inspiration from these
in her writing. Although she has lived indifferent places and experienced
different cultures, she always enjoyed the constancy of writing in her life. Her
favourite authors include John Milton, Virginia Woolf and James Joyce.

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